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Scottish Report Cause for Concern
26 May 2011 (175 reads)

A report recently published by the Scottish Parliament Petitions Committee following petition PE1169 by Margaret Forbes revealed that the majority (65%) of "lad's mags" are displayed at the height of a 12-year-old (1.5m) or lower.

 
No More Daily Sport
26 May 2011 (193 reads)

You may have noticed a conspicuous lack of proper front page pornography on the news stands lately.  That's because the Daily Sport has gone bust, and happily is no more. 

 
Morrisons Becomes More Family Friendly
11 October 2010 (492 reads)

Chain supermarket store Morrisons have rolled out a UK-wide policy to cover their "men's lifestyle" titles with modesty sleeves. 

 

 
Front Page Campaign in Plymouth
01 October 2010 (362 reads)

Mum of two Meghan Fleet has start the Plymouth group of The Front Page Campaign, after finding a floor to ceiling display of hardcore pornography in a local newsagent.  Meghan was shocked to learn that there was no law effective against sexually graphic displays in public places, and wondered how she was supposed to protect her children from seeing them.

 
Front Page Campaign Slams Daily Sport
27 June 2010 (620 reads)

On Saturday 26th June 2010, the Saturday Sport printed a picture of a woman bent over and apparently showing her labia from behind on its front page.  This so-called newspaper is on display every day in tens of thousands of newsagents across the UK, and because of its status as a newspaper is generally within easy sight and reach of children and young people where it is stocked.  No age-restrictions apply for purchase of this newspaper.

 
Early Day Motion 263
17 June 2010 (1269 reads)

Early Day Motions (EDMs) exist to allow Members of Parliament to put on record their opinion on a subject and canvass support for it from fellow members.  Our EDM No. 412 closed at the end of the last parliamentary session with 156 signatures, showing strong cross-party support for the issue.

EDM No. 263 was updated and re-tabled on 16th June 2010 by Lindsay Roy, MP for Glenrothes and Central Fife.  It was co-sponsored by Nadine Dorries, MP for Mid-Bedfordshire, and Sir Menzies Campbell, MP for North East Fife, giving strong support from all three main parties.

 
First Porn Display Conviction in 10 Years
16 June 2010 (433 reads)

A Fife shopkeeper received a fine of £53 for displaying hard-core pornography in a family store right down to floor level.  Saeed Ahmed, 57, who runs Newsworld on St Clair Street, Kirkcaldy, failed to turn up at court three times.  On the fourth time he finally pleaded guilty to a charge of indecent display.  The conviction, which took around 9 months, was the first under The Indecent Displays (Control) Act Scotland 1981 in at least a decade.

 
Hamdy Shahein - Porn Free Newsagent
14 June 2010 (604 reads)

Amy and Sylvia were able to meet with "porn-free newsagent" Hamdy Shahein during their recent trip to London.  Hamdy is well known for being involved in a long-running battle against W.H. Smith who repeatedly sent him pornography that he did not want to sell.